おやすみのキスは
Good night kiss
してあげらんないみたいだから、
Because I won't give it
ごめんな、だから唄うよο
I'm sorry, so I'll sing
これで｢おあいこ｣
ってのはどーかな‥‥(泣)
それで｢おあいそ｣
ってのはどーなの‥‥(怒)
このセリフちょっとばかし
This self is a little foolish
臭いかな‥‥(笑)
I wonder if it stinks

I don't know what words they meant for あいこ、あいそ so I won't translate that.

Indeed it does -- but the other meaning seemed more logical, given the request. (Although there are those who believe that any time you translate something, you are committing a crime against the original. What's that Italian phrase, "the translator is a traitor"?)

So he wanted to be violated? Hrm, How can I best Violate, or betray tho OP?

Main Entry: tra·duce Pronunciation: tr&-'düs, -'dyüsFunction: transitive verbInflected Form(s): tra·duced; tra·duc·ingEtymology: Latin traducere to lead across, transfer, degrade, from tra-, trans- trans- + ducere to lead -- more at TOW1 : to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation2 : VIOLATE, BETRAY <traduce a principle of law>synonym see MALIGN

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yea, well. In general, if you have to make up an excuse to use a word then its utility is relatively small. Even if it would be nice to know the entire 500k+ English lexicon, It would help if dictionaries would weight words so you can decide whether you want to expend the effort learning the pronunciation, spelling, and meaning of hippoicantakeacrapfasterthanicanspellthisword or a much shorter but scholary word, like Erudite. I'm pretty sure I will go to my grave before I see someone else EVER use that word in a sentence, not that you did.

Have you seen that geico commercial? A spelling bee were you are asked to spell all these words no one ever uses. The reply, "Could you use floccinaucinihilipilification in a sentence please?"

Sorry, but words that won't be encountered more often than once or twice a decade aren't worth the brain space. Really!

I know a cool word too, defenestrate. It can even be humorous. But to me language is about communication, not impressing someone with my sesquipedelian vocabulary. But I cannot compete with a hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedelianist like yourself.

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LOL! I love that commercial, too. (Yes, I was a spelling bee champ in an earlier life. )

Defenestrate is a wonderful word. One of those words that I think exists just so we can *do* it. (And there's that great historic event, "the defenestration of Prague."

Some of my "bathroom books" are books on quirky vocabulary -- fun to leaf through when you're otherwise occupied. I have a few Japanese books in the same vein -- e.g., "Jisho ni nai kanji" and so forth.